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TL;DW:
It's been 3 years since Neofetch received updates and the repo has been officially archived since Apr 26, 2024.


Thank you to @[email protected] for the additional recommendation, which I've added to this post✨


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

isn't screenfetch much older than neofetch?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

yes, that's why there's "neo" in the latter's name.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, first there are a million active forks.

Second, it's literally useless. It just shows your PC specs so when you screenshot and share it online people can know that you could afford that specific hardware. E-penis 2.0

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've used it plenty of times for other reasons. I can never remember what kind of CPU I have and it tells me. I can't even remember how much RAM I have, and it tells me that, too.

I'm sure the next thing someone is going to do is tell me the individual commands to find that info, but I can't be bothered with that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

hey its me the guy you predicted would tell you the thing you said i would tell you

the reason people say neofetch is useless is because the information it gives you is not very detailed when compared to something like inxi for example

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

An active fork (last I checked) would be hyfetch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

thank you!
I've added hyfetch to the post🤗

sorry I didn't do it earlier, had to deal with family stuff!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Why is it so hard for the newer generations to just write a short article about what they want to say? It's so boring watching clips that say so little...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's why I made the TLDW summary as I wanted to save everyone's time🤗

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Thanks for that, but the question still stands.